Bryant Park | Rules & Regulations

Rules & Regulations

You are welcome…

to visit the park during the hours posted
to use open areas, including the lawn
to enjoy the gardens without entering flowerbeds or picking flowers
to use a park chair or one seat on a bench designed for sharing
to deposit waste in trash receptacles
to bring your dog, providing you leash it, keep it from watering trees and plants, and clean up after it

Park guidelines prohibit…

entering the park after the hours posted
drug use
alcohol use outside the Grill and Cafe
organized ballgames
panhandling
sitting or standing on ballustrades
entering the fountain
feeding pigeons
rummaging in trash receptacles
amplified music that disturbs others
performances, except by permit
commercial activity, except by permit
obstructing park entrances
dogs on the lawn
use of plastic tarps on the lawn

Patrons of Bryant Park are subject to the rules of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Find out more about New York’s city parks.
www.nycgovparks.org